Juan Perez Jr.

Kelvin Pope, jefe de la policía del Cook County Forest Preserve District, flanqueado por el comisionado del condado, Luis Arroyo Jr. (izquierda), y el superintendente de conservación de bosques del condado de Cook, Arnold Randall. Hablan de la renuncia de Patrick Connor, un alto oficial de la policía de Forest Preserve District. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)

Comisionado Arroyo dice que ‘sesgo racial’ pudo influir en investigación sobre una multa que supuestamente él pidió eliminar

July 22, 2019 at 9:28 p.m.

El comisionado del condado de Cook, Luis Arroyo Jr., quiere una nueva investigación sobre una disputa por multas de estacionamiento que condujo a la destitución de un alto oficial de...

Cook County Forest Preserve District police Chief Kelvin Pope, flanked by County Commissioner Luis Arroyo Jr., left, and district General Superintendent Arnold Randall, speaks at the district headquarters in River Forest on July 12, 2018.

Cook County commissioner says ‘racial bias’ may have played role in investigation of political ally’s dismissed $250 parking ticket, demands new probe

July 22, 2019 at 7:05 p.m.

Cook County Commissioner Luis Arroyo Jr. wants a new investigation into a parking ticket dispute that led to a top county police official's ouster last week, saying racial bias may...

District police Chief Kelvin Pope at a news conference at the Forest Preserve District of Cook County headquarters on July 12, 2018, in River Forest. He's flanked by County Commissioner Luis Arroyo Jr., left, and district General Superintendent Arnold Randall.

Cook County Commissioner Luis Arroyo Jr. acknowledges he intervened for ally in forest preserve parking ticket incident

July 19, 2019 at 10:55 p.m.

Cook County Commissioner Luis Arroyo Jr. acknowledged Friday that he pressed a top county police official to dismiss a $250 parking ticket issued last year to a political associate who...

Forest Preserve District police Chief Kelvin Pope, shown July 12, 2018, in River Forest, has resigned.

Cook County’s forest preserve police chief has resigned, days after scathing report on a $250 parking ticket spat

July 18, 2019 at 11:53 a.m.

The Cook County forest preserve's police chief has resigned after a scathing inspector general report outlined a dispute involving an unnamed elected official who tried to take care of a...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle at her office in Chicago on April 24, 2019.

Chicago’s top cop ‘must stop misleading the public’ about violence, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle says in heated letter to Mayor Lori Lightfoot

July 18, 2019 at 1:21 a.m.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle reignited her criticism of Chicago's police response to street violence this week in a letter to Mayor Lori Lightfoot that defended how the county...

Ald. Ed Burke, 14th, right, speaks during a City Council meeting at Chicago City Hall on June 12, 2019.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot raises $2.7 million while Emanuel spends big on parties, makes donations

July 16, 2019 at 11:17 p.m.

Lori Lightfoot raised nearly $2.7 million in the months since being elected Chicago's mayor and has nearly $2 million in the bank to help push her reform agenda, campaign finance...

Cook County Forest Preserve police cars are shown parked at a Cook County Forest Preserve station on July 11, 2018.

‘Do you know who I am?’ Investigators say Cook County commissioner pressed cops to scrap ally’s $250 parking ticket

July 16, 2019 at 11:55 a.m.

A Cook County commissioner pushed cops to scrap an ally's $250 parking ticket, according to a government watchdog who said the case "perpetuated a culture" where politics can influence police...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, shown in May 2019, has a key adviser in Lisa Schneider-Fabes, a Wilmette resident who is a vice president for World Business Chicago and is president of the District 39 school board in Wilmette. Schneider-Fabes has moved into a senior advisory role in the new mayor's office, the administration has confirmed. The mayor's office says Schneider-Fabes is not required to live within the city's borders because she is considered a volunteer.

Despite residency rules, World Business Chicago VP, Wilmette school board president holds a key role in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s orbit

July 15, 2019 at 12:38 p.m.

For decades, Chicago employees have been required to live in the city. But a key adviser to Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who served as her transition team's manager, has continued working...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces the launch of Summer for Change, Chicago's new community-based program for the city's most vulnerable youth during a news conference at Percy Julian High School in Chicago on June 19, 2019.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot offers CPS teachers a ‘significant’ 14% pay raise, but the union says her proposal is ‘not what it seems’

July 4, 2019 at 1:01 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot's new administration wants to offer the Chicago Teachers Union a five-year contract with what the mayor describes as "a significant pay raise" — but union officials balked...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle at her Chicago office in April. Preckwinkle said Thursday that she plans to run for reelection in 2022.

Is Toni Preckwinkle really running for reelection? ‘Of course,’ she says.

June 27, 2019 at 11:52 p.m.

Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle responded to a question about her intentions to run for reelection with two words on Thursday: "Of course." Preckwinkle may still be in the first...

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